>>>>> "Noj" == Noj <[email protected]> writes:
Noj> My friend lives on the river. On one side is a house that can't Noj> get cable internet, and lost even basic wired phone service Noj> (barely worked for years, went out completely for area during a Noj> flood). My friend has been getting by on a cellular data widget, Noj> but it's only good for email and service is flaky. 2000ft away Noj> across the river is another friend's house and business, with Noj> wicked-fast unlimited internet. Noj> I'd like to think a pair of linux raspberry pi's with the right Noj> config, maybe tied to a pair of alfa usb-wifi devices with Noj> directional antennas could make this perpetual run-around with Noj> the lack-of-service-providers go away and bring the modern world Noj> to the river house, but I'm only passingly familiar with the Noj> elements involved. Noj> Is this a viable start? Am I even looking at the right gear? Is Noj> there any simpler way to make a rock-solid internet bridge? Noj> Ideally the setup would be to just a pair of headless boxes, plug Noj> in power and ethernet on both ends, and have it act as a long Noj> cable, letting the desktop computer on one end get DHCP service Noj> from existing router at other end. Noj> I happen to have a pair of unused pi's, anything else I would Noj> have to buy anyway, I'm wide open to any suggestions if you have Noj> experience doing this kind of function with different gear. Raspberry pi's don't have wifi. Get two ubiquiti nanostation m2hp's, or a couple bullet m2hp's with directional antennas. Point them at each other. That's assuming you have line-of-sight. If there are any obstacles, you can use loco m9's, which cut through better at 900 MHz. If you want help, let me know. -- Russell Senior, President [email protected] _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
